+-------[ Andreas Pakulat ]---------------------- | On 06.Mai 2005 - 12:44:24, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: | > | > On May 6, 2005, at 12:08 , Phil Beardmore wrote: | > | > >This may be a really simple thing to do (but I'm a bit stuck and searched | > >the web but found no answers). I have a Plone site working great. I have a | > >folder which I wish to password protect (and all of the data in the folder). | > >Thing is, I want to use our LDAP server for authentication. I have the site | > >setup as normal with an ACL_users folder. I then have a folder called | > >"protected". In this folder I have added a LDAPUserFolder object and linked | > >it with our main LDAP server. Question is, how do I use this LDAPUserFolder | > >to provide authentication for the "Protected" folder? | > | > ??? | > | > There is nothing you set up to make Zope "use" a user folder. It will | > automatically be consulted. | | As long as the object has an id of "acl_users". And the containing folder has __allow_groups__ attribute set to that user folder. In fact you can call your user folder anything, as long as this attribute is set to be the instance.. -- Andrew Milton akm@theinternet.com.au